July 19, 2012

Information Literacy Experts


Activity 1: Catching Up With Your PLN

Take time to look through resources from your PLN. Do three things. 1. In your Twitter feed, find a great tweet to retweet. 2. In your RRS Feed Reader, find a great blog post to tweet about in Twitter. 3. Chose something you want to share with the group in person.

Activity 2: What impact do your daily tasks have on student learning?

Poster: What Do TLs Teach?

Common Core and Library Media Resources

Crosswalk for Common Core Standards and the Standards for the 21st Century Learner
LiveBinder: School Librarians and the Common Core State Standards
AASL Learning4Life Lesson PLans

Student Access to Information

Straight from the DOE: Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites

Student Research

Infographic: Students Cite YouTube, Google, and Wikipedia the Most
Dear Students
Book: The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

Searching: Know Google

Infographic: Are Our Brains Being Boggled By Google

Personalized Search and the Filter Bubble




Turn Off Personalized Search in Google
Book: The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You

Google Search

Activity 3: Bringing in the Information Through Google!

Explore Google search techniques. Share your favorite discovery on Twitter.

Google Web Search: Classroom Lessons and Resources
Google Quick Guide Reference
The Google Basic Top Ten
How to Solve Impossible Problems: Daniel Russell's Awesome Google Search Techniques
Video Clips: 15 Second Search Tips
A Google a Day Search Challenges

More Resources for the Information Expert


More Search Engines

100 Powerful Search Engines You May Not Know About
35 Sources for Curated Education Videos

Citation Tools (Free)

MLA/APA
Son of Citation Machine
BibMe

MLA
EasyBib
Bibliographic Format for Elementary Students

Website Evaluation

21cif.info
CyberBee.com
Kathy Schrock's Critical Evaluation

Digital Citizenship

CyberSmart! Curriculum
Digital Citizenship Poster Middle/High School
Digital Citizenship Poster Elementary
Infographic: Cyberbulling: How Bullies Have Moved From the Playground to the Web

Copyright and Creative Commons

Video: Copyright and Creative Commons Explained by Common Craft
Video: Copyright: Forever Less One Day

A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet



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Part 2. What's Trending?